Figure Eight/Dip the Dips

Figure Eight opened in 1902 as Waldameer's first roller coaster. At some point in the early 1910s, several of its drops were deepened, and it was renamed to Dip the Dips. It was also known as Coney Island Scenic Coaster at some point in the 1920s. It stood where the present-day arcade building is located.

Type: Wooden side-friction roller coaster

Drop: 9 feet (as Figure Eight)

Speed: 10 mph (as Figure Eight)

Opened: 1902

Renovated: Early 1910s

Closed: 1937

Built by: T. M. Harton

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The ride in hibernation during October 1924, when it was known as Coney Island Scenic Coaster. Via Waldameer.

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I believe this to be incorrectly labeled. You can see two levels of track here, as well as a ride vehicle with only one car (like a side-friction coaster). Ravine Flyer only had one turn like this, there was not another turn beneath it, and Ravine Flyer would have had more than one car in its trains. Via Waldameer.

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Taken in 1935 or 1937, via Images of America: Waldameer Park

Dip the Dips in the winter, via Waldameer

Supposedly taken in 1910, via Waldameer

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A 1929 aerial view of Waldameer. Dip the Dips is the lower of the two roller coasters visible.

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